HDL Technical Team Lead
FIRST RF · Boulder, CO · 5 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead for HDL development across multiple concurrent programs
- Guide system-level HDL architecture and ensure designs align with program requirements and long-term platform strategy
- Identify opportunities to reuse architecture, IP, and tooling across projects to improve efficiency and consistency
- Lead technical planning, design reviews, and cross-team alignment — ensuring teams move quickly without sacrificing quality
- Spend ~50% of your time on specialty tooling, targeted HDL development, and complex problem-solving
- Collaborate closely with RF, embedded software, and hardware teams to ensure seamless system integration
- Support and mentor HDL engineers through technical guidance, design feedback, and best-practice development — without direct people management
- Own and influence design documentation, simulation strategy, verification approach, and integration readiness
- Evaluate architectural trade-offs, interfaces, and timing constraints across systems and programs
- Support hardware bring-up and integration efforts in Linux-based environments
Qualifications
- Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- 3+ years of FPGA/HDL development experience (Verilog, VHDL, or similar)
- Strong understanding of digital system design, timing constraints and interfaces
- Familiarity with RF system concepts and how digital logic interfaces with analog hardware
- Ability to think across systems and programs, not just individual blocks
- Preferred Experience:
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with Python, C/C++, or other languages used for tests, tooling, or automation
- Linux development experience (user space, device drivers, Yocto, Petalinux)
- Familiarity with simulation and verification tools (Vivado, ModelSim, etc.)
- Experience with modeling or HDL generation tools (e.g., Spade, Veryl)
- Prior experience supporting multiple programs or product lines simultaneously